Good morning, fellow backers!
As many of you know, a couple of weeks ago we released the current version of After Reset RPG on Steam Early Access (SEA). As I promised, from this moment on each of our updates will coincide with the release of a new patch. These patches need to show serious additions or corrections that were completed (by the team) between updates.
Today's update is dedicated to addressing the game's first week on SEA, other game development news, and a small contest that was created for our Kickstarter backers and Co-Founders only, which we'll talk about towards the end.
PATCH #033115 RELEASED!
Some of our backers may have noticed that your Steam application After Reset RPG was updated on Tuesday, March 31. Although you can read all the patch notes in PatchNotes.txt (which is in your game folder), I'd like to publish the full list of changes in this update so that any future backers can follow our chronological process from start to finish.
After Reset RPG, Patch Notes #033115
Released on Tuesday, March 31, 2015
FIXES:
Technical:
• Fixed an error in the application launcher for the WIN 32 version.
User Interface:
• Highlighting system fixed to produce exponentially transparent aura.
• ESC hotkey now returns back to previous menu in the main menu.
Audio:
• Fixed an issue with the voice of the Prologue narration.
Miscellaneous:
• Fixed the text of narration.
• General description for skills amended.
• Strength STAT description edited (now it says the Strength affects chances to force opening mechanical locks).
FEATURES & CHANGES:
Gameplay:
• Door scripts added (with 4 possible stages open/close/locked/sealed). However, you can't hack/lockpick/brake doors yet. Use ALT+Z to change the stages of the doors for tests.
• Tutorial pop-ups added.
Mechanics:
• Character speed (walk/run) adjusted to SACPIC mechanics (30/15ft per round for Humans).
User Interface:
• "Game Paused" message is added when you pause the game by pressing spacebar.
• "Game Over" screen for Gyes added. Use ALT+P for suicide and test.
• In-game date/time panel added.
• In-game skill panel added.
• In-game log panel added.
Graphics:
• New Loading Screen arts for the Special Facility level added (they depends on character’s gender selected).
• Animations for normal walk/run (for Humans) added. If your character, your human allies, human NPCs have less than 10% of their HP, they will use that shambling animation.
Audio:
• Footsteps system added with majority of footsteps sounds.
• Gyes doors sounds added (open/close/locked/sealed).
• All in game sounds are bonded to SFX volume control.
• Various game-over narrations added.
• ECLCC and Plasma Reactor sounds added.
• When the game is paused music and all sounds except UI is muted at 50%.
• Game Over music added.
Miscellaneous:
• Laboratory CCP-5 room completed (capsules, engines, infrastructure added).
COMMENTS:
About shambling animation. During the game you be able to identify HP of enemies only if you got and set relevant augmentation for your CORE-7 implant. Without it you will be able to see the general state of the enemy (Uninjured/Barely Injured/Injured/Badly Injured/Near Death/Dead). That shambling animation will help you to identify the most injured human enemies. As well as it should attract your attention to your wounded allies and help them in time. Beyond that, it should bring more realism and fun, I believe.
About doors. Every door in the game might have one of the 4 states:
1. Unlocked. You can open/close it without obstacles. You can also break the lock of the door to make it Broken or Sealed.
2. Locked. You can't open/close locked door. You need to use your skill Lockpick to unlock it first if the lock is mechanical); or to use Science skill to hack the lock if is electronic. You can also try to open mechanical locks/doors by force (your Strength STAT affects the results). You can't open electronic locks by rough force. Beyond that, you can break the lock of the door to make it Broken or Sealed.
3. Broken. You need to repair the broken lock before opening it (if the lock was unlocked before you broke it) or before picking/hacking it (if the lock was locked before you broke it).
4. Sealed. There is nothing you can do with this lock. If it is the door sealed - proper explosives are your only chances to cope with this door.
You can ask: why should break any unlocked door? why should I seal it? The answers are in the game-play context. E.g. you can break the door control panel to seal something (or someone) inside. Considering something (or someone) killed almost all personnel at the advanced military base, the brain and smarts of the gamer are the only chance to survive for your character.
Guys, please, keep in mind: despite the skills are displayed correctly you can’t use them yet in this build. We are adding their activation in the future builds step by step with relevance to our in game tutorial pop ups.
CO-FOUNDER STATUSES FOR STEAM EARLY ACCESS BACKERS
Almost 4,000 people added us to their wish lists the first week that the game was on Steam. Fifty of them supported us financially by purchasing the SEA. Of course, some of them have probably been following the game and waiting for us to start accepting payments. But most of them are new members of our community and we would like to say: "Thank you, guys! And welcome aboard!"
This is the first news for you. If you are just now joining us you may not know that we try hard to make our dedicated fans happy. We don't do this for marketing or PR reasons; we simply want to show our gratitude.
I didn't announce this part in the news on purpose, but if you have purchased After Reset RPG on SEA before this news came out, you can receive a Co-Founder status for free! To tell you the truth, this feature is not for sale and is only given out on very special occasions. It gives you access to avatars and the closed parts of our forum with additional content. You can read more about the Co-Founder status here: http://www.afterreset.com/forum/showthread.php?t=274
In order to receive the Co-Founder status:
- Make sure that you purchased After Reset RPG on SEA BEFORE the release of this article.
- Send us a screenshot or any other document proving the date of purchase of After Reset RPG on SEA.
- Send us the name of your forum account (not your Steam account) that you want us to set to Co-Founder status.
Guys, thank you again for believing in us, supporting us, and writing all of your honest reviews on Steam.
A BIT ABOUT STEAM EA:
So, it has happened! The first week of being on Steam was as emotional as going up Mt. Calvary, but we are here! Honestly, guys, we couldn't have gotten to this point without your support.
Right now, many are asking why we released the game on Steam without having finished the Prologue. The reasons behind this decision lay in the fact that we have already started using SEA for distribution management. No more '5 days to prepare, upload, update, fix' for each separate platform (Windows, Linux and Mac). Build synchronization in the folders of my computer happens practically automatically now. By the way, this factor allowed us to fix the problem with loading the game on 32-bit Windows in one day. This means that if you guys run into a serious bug, we will be able to fix it right away and you won't have to wait for half a month for the next patch to come in.READ MORE...